Four Accused Of Plot To Smuggle Heroin

Miami — Four people are being held by federal authorities after they were busted last week in an alleged plot to smuggle more than nine pounds of heroin aboard a cruise ship in Miami.

The four were arrested Friday when U.S. Customs agents, acting on a tip, questioned and searched Teresa Rodriguez and Raul Ernesto Pina-Gonzalez when the Summit, a Celebrity Cruise Line vessel, arrived at the Port of Miami. Customs Agent James Houk said agents found heroin hidden in the shoes of Rodriguez and Pina-Gonzalez, and more heroin sewn into their underwear. The other two men arrested were

Davila pleaded guilty to laundering cash that he thought was part of a $63,000 cache of drug money kept by an associate.

The eight-year veteran accepted cash from the associate and then paid the money back with checks from his business, Pro-Tec Security Consultants, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. He faces up to 20 years in prison at his sentencing in April.